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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960062" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960062">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:24)</a>:</h4>
<p>Starting this thread to gain consensus on which to use</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960264" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960264">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>I mentioned elsewhere that I prefer paper. For me this is because it easy to build something that looks like a book chapter. It has good collaborative editing features, comment tracking, change tracking, etc</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960300" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960300">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'm fine with it</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960333" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960333">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:28)</a>:</h4>
<p>I kind of prefer hackmd though</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960358" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960358">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:28)</a>:</h4>
<p>and it's already markdown</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960384" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960384">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:28)</a>:</h4>
<p>but unsure if for this kind of collaborative things, commenting and all the stuff we are doing is as good as Paper</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960387" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> amanjeev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960387">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:28)</a>:</h4>
<p>What I like about hackmd is that it does not try to be extra helpful and create thumbnails for links pasted</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960397" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> amanjeev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960397">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:29)</a>:</h4>
<p>But the commenting of Paper is better, IMO.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960408" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> amanjeev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960408">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:29)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hackmd's commenting is not bad though</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960549" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960549">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>I haven't really ever done collaborative stuff with hackmd... just had a good experience with paper.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181960570" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181960570">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:31)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'm ok with using hackmd if that's what others prefer. I agree that already being in md is nice</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181961001" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181961001">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:36)</a>:</h4>
<p>let's try Hackmd and judge by having used both? :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181961015" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181961015">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:36)</a>:</h4>
<p><span aria-label="+1" class="emoji emoji-1f44d" role="img" title="+1">:+1:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181961019" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181961019">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:36)</a>:</h4>
<p>Sounds good</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181961495" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181961495">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:42)</a>:</h4>
<p>Can you create a hackmd and thread for the overview chapter?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/181962175" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> amanjeev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#181962175">(Nov 26 2019 at 20:47)</a>:</h4>
<p>Sounds good to me too</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd%20or%20paper%3F/near/182016783" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/hackmd.20or.20paper.3F.html#182016783">(Nov 27 2019 at 13:08)</a>:</h4>
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<p>Can you create a hackmd and thread for the overview chapter?</p>
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<p>done</p>



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